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DOCUMENTS  D6PT 
(Amendment    7    to 
B.  A.  I.  Order  156.) 

United  States  Department  01  Agricifltttte; 

BUREAU    OF   ANIMAL   INDUSTRY.    }Ep0S|T0RY 


AMENDMENT  7  TO   RULE  6,  REVISION  1.-T0    PREVENT    THE    SPREAD 

OF  FOOT-AND-MOUTH  DISEASE  IN  CATTLE,  SHEEP, 

OTHER  RUMINANTS,  AND   SWINE. 


Effective  on  and  after  December  24,  1908. 


U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 

During  the  existence  of  the  quarantine  to  prevent  the  spread  of  foot- 
and-mouth  disease  in  cattle,  sheep,  other  ruminants,  and  swine,  as  pro- 
vided in  Rule  6,  Revision  1,  and  amendments  thereto,  particularly 
Amendment  1,  quarantining  the  State  of  Michigan,  cattle,  calves,  sheep, 
and  swine  may  be  shipped  interstate  by  rail  or  boat,  or  be  trailed  or 
driven  under  the  restrictions  hereinafter  indicated,  from  any  point  in 
the  State  of  Michigan,  except  from  the  counties  of  Macomb,  Oakland, 
Wayne,  Washtenaw,  and  Monroe,  for  immediate  slaughter,  to  any  point 
located  in  any  other  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  with- 
out inspection  or  certification,  provided  the  authorities  of  the  State, 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  which  the  animals  are  destined 
have  previously  signified  their  willingness  to  accept  such  animals. 
When  such  animals  are  received  from  points  in  Michigan  they  shall  be 
slaughtered  immediately. 

Animals  moved  under  this  amendment  shall  not  be  trailed  into  or 
driven  through  any  one  of  the  said  counties  of  Macomb,  Oakland, 
Wayne,  Washtenaw,  and  Monroe,  Mich.  No  cattle,  sheep,  other  rumi- 
nants, or  swine  shall  be  trailed  or  driven  from  the  State  of  Michigan 
until  permission  for  such  movement  has  first  been  obtained  from  the 
Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  When  such  animals  are 
shipped  by  rail  or  boat,  they  shall  not  be  unloaded  en  route  either  at 
points  within  or  without  the  area  quarantined  for  foot-and-mouth  dis- 
ease, except  into  pens  designated  for  that  purpose  by  the  Chief  of  the 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  Animals  from  the  State  of  Michigan  shall 
not  be  unloaded  into  cleaned  and  disinfected  pens  specially  designated 
by  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  under  Rule  6,  Revision  1, 
for  the  yarding  of  live  stock  passing  through  the  quarantined  area. 

Railroad  cars  or  boats  within  that  portion  of  Michigan  not  included 
in  the  couaties  of  Macomb,  Oakland,  Wayne,  Washtenaw,  and  Monroe, 
which  have  carried  live  stock,  may  be  moved  interstate  without  being 
cleaned  and  disinfected. 


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Hay,  straw,  or  similar  fodder,  including  that  used  for  packing  mer- 
chandise, may  be  moved  interstate  from  the  State  of  Michigan  except 
from  the  counties  of  Macomb,  Oakland,  Wayne,  Washtenaw,  and  Mon- 
roe, without  disinfection  or  certification,  under  the  applicable  restric- 
tions above  indicated  for  shipments  of  animals. 

Hides,  skins,  and  hoofs  of  cattle,  sheep,  other  ruminants,  and  swine, 
taken  from  animals  slaughtered  at  any  point  in  the  State  of  Michigan, 
except  points  located  in  the  counties  of  Macomb,  Oakland,  Wayne, 
Washtenaw,  and  Monroe,  may  be  moved  interstate  without  disinfection 
or  certification,  subject  to  the  consent  of  the  officials  of  the  State,  Ter- 
ritory, or  District  to  which  such  shipments  are  destined. 

Amendment  6  to  Rule  6,  Revision  1,  modifying  the  quarantine  for 
the  State  of  Maryland,  is  hereby  amended  to  provide  that  animals 
moved  under  said  Amendment  6  shall  not  be  trailed  or  driven  into  or 
through  any  one  of  the  Districts  1,  2,  3,  4,  6,  7,  8,  10,  11,  and  12  in 
Carroll  County,  and  Districts  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  and  10  in  Baltimore 
County,  Md.  No  cattle,  sheep,  other  ruminants,  or  swine  shall  be 
trailed  or  driven  from  the  State  of  Maryland  "until  permission  for  such 
movement  has  first  been  obtained  from  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of 
Animal  Industry.  When  shipped  by  rail  or  boat,  animals  shipped 
under  Amendment  6  shall  not  be  unloaded  en  route  either  at  points 
within  or  without  the  area  quarantined  for  foot-and-mouth  disease, 
except  into  pens  designated  for  that  purpose  by  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau 
of  Animal  Industry.  Animals  from  the  State  of  Maryland  shall  not  be 
unloaded  into  cleaned  and  disinfected  pens  specially  designated  by  the 
Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  under  Rule  6,  Revision  1,  for 
the  yarding  of  live  stock  passing  through  the  quarantined  area. 

Railroad  cars  or  boats  within  that  portion  of  Maryland  not  included 
in  Districts  1,  2,  3,  4,  6,  7,  8,  10,  11,  and  12  in  Carroll  County,  and 
Districts  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  and  10  in  Baltimore  County,  which  have  carried 
live  stock,  may  be  moved  interstate  without  being  cleaned  and  dis- 
infected. 

Paragraph  2  of  Amendment  6  to  Rule  6,  Revision  1,  is  hereby  can- 
celed. 

This  amendment  is  effective  on  and  after  December  24,  1908,  and  is 
subject  to  amendment  or  revision  on  statutory  notice. 

Done  at  Washington  this  twenty-third  day  of 
December,  1908. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


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